US EditionSpaceX Launches Another Batch of Starlink Satellites Into Low-Earth Orbit
The FAA lifted launch-time restrictions after the 2025 government shutdown, enabling SpaceX to deploy 29 Starlink satellites and increase the constellation to over 9,000.
- On Tuesday , SpaceX launched 29 Starlink internet satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 at 7:12 p.m. in its first early‑evening commercial flight since the FAA lifted restrictions.
- Because of air‑traffic‑control staffing shortages during the 2025 government shutdown, the Federal Aviation Administration limited launches to 10 p.m.‑6 a.m. from Nov. 10–Nov. 17, until Duffy and Bedford announced the restriction's end on Nov. 16.
- Falcon 9 booster B1085 completed its 12th flight and landed on A Shortfall of Gravitas about 8.5 minutes after liftoff, while the rocket upper stage deployed satellites about 65 minutes after launch.
- Starlink's network gains capacity as the service now connects over 7 million users across 150 countries, territories and markets while SpaceX completes 565 missions, 525 landings and 490 relights.
- Space.com reports 8,475 Starlink satellites in orbit toward a 42,000 satellite goal, with each satellite five-year lifespan and ongoing Starship suborbital tests this year supporting fleet growth.
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